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Perfect TEST for Ashes, says coach
The Chronicle
|August 06, 2025
MCCULLUM SAYS ENGLAND WILL LEARN FROM INDIA SERIES
HEAD coach Brendon McCullum accepts England have “room to improve” ahead of the Ashes but believes the intensity of their dramatic drawn series against India will help them meet the challenge.
McCullum was honest enough to chalk up the 2-2 scoreline as a “fair reflection” on seven weeks of hard-fought, demanding cricket, with India snatching a share of the new Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with a thrilling six That meant England were one big hit away from claiming an outright victory that would have sent them to Australia this winter with the biggest scalp of the ‘Bazball’ era. Instead, they will travel having last defeated one of their ‘big three’ rivals back in Sir Alastair Cook’s farewell series in 2018. McCullum will soon begin the job of assessing how and where things could have gone better, with the aim of landing in Perth at the start of November with lessons learned.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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